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explosive

[ik-sploh-siv] / ɪkˈsploʊ sɪv /




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But the explosive growth of AI has some investors nervous that we could be in for another popping bubble.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Manchester United head coach Michael Carrick says he is "telling the truth" when he says the club have moved on from Lisandro Martinez's explosive post-match comments this week.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

Some abilities, particularly explosive muscle power, peaked even earlier.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026

It is almost 10 months since Jason Wilcox was in the line of fire when Ruben Amorim gave the explosive post-match news conference at Leeds that triggered his dismissal.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

Forty-three seconds after dropping from the plane, at an altitude of 1,900 feet above Hiroshima, the bomb’s two pieces of uranium slammed together, setting off an explosive chain reaction.

From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin

Police conducted checks on the abandoned car and no explosives were found.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

A bomb disposal unit was deployed and a nearby village evacuated, but police found no explosives at the scene.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

Police have said five people have been hospitalised following the incident that was “strongly suspected” to be the result of a gas leak, and no suspicious substances or explosives have been found at the site.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

In truth, once it became clear that the military remote-controlled robots that were used found no explosives in the vans, only petrol, the investigation inevitably changed.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

Lazlo could see why—siege engines, explosives, and metal did suggest such a direction—but he didn't think it would be anything like that.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor


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